Example sentences of "just so " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was no good pretending , his father said , it was no good having birthday celebrations in the Queen Victoria Hotel just so Stephen would n't know . |
| 32 | I 've assembled his biography brick by brick , just so I can have the pleasure of taking it apart . |
| 33 | Instead of staying with me as he 'd planned , he rents this ancient pile , miles from anywhere , just so he can keep an eye on this stupid female who seems to have got herself into all sorts of trouble over a piece of land — ’ |
| 34 | She really believed I would put up with anything she threw at me just so I could possess her . |
| 35 | ‘ Well , just so you do n't die wondering , I 'll tell you one titbit that should cheer you up . |
| 36 | ‘ So , ’ Robyn enquired , striving to keep her temper under control , ‘ you brought me all the way down here just so you could satisfy your own perverse curiosity ? ’ |
| 37 | If she did n't know better she 'd have said he 'd sabotaged her jeep and made it rain this way , just so he could enjoy some amusement at her expense ! |
| 38 | Perhaps I should remove some of this wet clothing , just so I can see the extent of your injuries . ’ |
| 39 | In fact how am I to know you did n't do all this just so we could be in this very position now ? ’ |
| 40 | I 'm not staying around just so you can use me as your verbal punch-bag again . |
| 41 | You are mad , Robyn told herself , during the five hours of driving , five hours of deliberately concentrating , deliberately forgetting , to go to such lengths , just so you do n't have to face him again . |
| 42 | ‘ Just so we wo n't be seen , ’ he said silkily . |
| 43 | I step it up to the bar just so it looks like I 've got some goal in life . |
| 44 | ‘ Oh , well , ’ scornfully , ‘ if it 's just so you can blow your own trumpet … ’ |
| 45 | I had this brilliant idea to blend into the scenery just so I could keep an eye on you . |
| 46 | Just so I know exactly what I 'm doing . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ Oh , no , that 's just so I can see the band better . ’ |
| 48 | If you present the letters very rapidly , just so they could only just be detected , erm you 'd find that sometimes X and Y would be confused , whereas X and P were very rarely confused . |
| 49 | ‘ What you 're inventing is a whole false little scenario of supposedly future wedded bliss , just so you can win custody of Kirsty . |
| 50 | ‘ Well , just so you can sleep tonight , ’ he said with a certain cynical charm of his own , ‘ it 's London , England . ’ |
| 51 | Yeah , if there 's still stuff outstanding just so you erm |
| 52 | I 'd go into Fortnum 's and try on a sable coat just so I would n't die before I 'd worn one . |
| 53 | If she resembles any recent First Lady at all , it must be Rosalyn Carter who liked to attend the odd cabinet meeting and who had an official lunch with Jimmy Carter each week , just so they could discuss political matters . |
| 54 | And she said he 's just so you know |
| 55 | It 's not full of so you 're just going straight through water , just so you 're sliding |
| 56 | Just so they can have a day off or something . |
| 57 | Just so you know mm mm , mm mm mm mm mm mm . |
| 58 | Just so you know how much time you 've got left , Lorna , I would like you off that table please ! |
| 59 | You got about five of them went round giving them to other people just so you could say that to Chris did n't you ? |
| 60 | Just so she can change her perception of it all . |